Advanced Engine

Job Lifecycle Engine

Track every job through its complete lifecycle: Lead, Qualified, Estimate Sent, Estimate Accepted, Scheduled, In Progress, Complete, Review Sent, Review Received. Flag when something stalls at any stage. One system. One source of truth.

Custom setup / $2,000 per month operated by Momentiv

The Problem

The Gap

Your CRM says there are 47 active leads. Your schedule shows 12 jobs booked. Your estimator says he sent 8 proposals this week. Nobody can tell you how many of those 47 leads became one of those 12 jobs. Or where the other 35 went. Or how long the 8 proposals have been sitting unanswered. The information exists across three tools, two spreadsheets, and someone’s memory. There’s no single view of where every job stands, no alert when something stalls, and no way to know where revenue is falling through the cracks.

The Math

What Pipeline Blindness Costs

51%

of small businesses still manage customer relationships with spreadsheets or email

Spreadsheets don’t alert you when a job stalls. Email doesn’t show you pipeline velocity. When half your industry is operating without unified tracking, the businesses that build it gain a structural advantage in close rate, cycle time, and revenue visibility.

Source: Capterra / CustomerFlows

76%

of CRM features go unused by small businesses that adopt a platform

Having a CRM doesn’t mean having pipeline visibility. Most contractors use their CRM as a contact list, not a lifecycle tracker. The Job Lifecycle Engine configures your system to track stage progression and flag stalls, not just store names.

Source: Salesforce / CustomerFlows

35–55%

target proposal-to-close rate for home services

If you can’t see where jobs stall in the pipeline, you can’t fix the bottleneck. Most close rate problems aren’t about the estimate. They’re about what happens (or doesn’t happen) after the estimate is sent. Lifecycle tracking makes the bottleneck visible.

Source: CustomerFlows, 2026

The Fix

The System

Full pipeline stage tracking from lead origin through post-job review completion, with stall detection at every stage, two-way CRM sync, and a daily report that surfaces exactly where attention is needed.

What We Build

  • Full pipeline stage tracking from lead origin through post-job review completion

  • Stall detection: flags when a job has not progressed within configurable time windows per stage

  • Integration with existing FSM or CRM (Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan) for two-way data sync

  • Fallback mode: if no FSM exists, becomes the tracking system via structured status updates

  • Pipeline health view: full stage-by-stage snapshot in real time

  • Daily stall report: jobs that haven’t moved and recommended next actions

Requirements

Required Inputs and Fit

What we need from you

  • Current FSM or CRM platform and credentials (or confirmation you need a standalone tracker)

  • Current pipeline stages and definitions (how you think about job progression today)

  • Stall thresholds: how long is too long at each stage before it should be flagged

  • Team workflow: who updates job status and how (app, phone, manual)

  • Integration requirements: two-way sync needs or read-only acceptable

  • Reporting preferences for stall alerts and pipeline health

Who this is for

Built for owner-led home services businesses where jobs are tracked inconsistently across multiple tools with no unified view. If the owner regularly asks “where is that job?” because there’s no single source of truth, this engine creates it.

Implementation

Implementation and Ongoing Operations

This engine is custom-scoped based on your existing systems, integration complexity, and team workflow. Pricing is determined during the strategy call.

Custom setup fee

$2,000 per month operated by Momentiv

The Management Retainer

Systems break when they are abandoned. Your setup fee covers the custom build. From there, this engine is maintained through a monthly operations retainer. We handle the optimization, the reporting, and the technical oversight so you can focus on running your crews. All engine installations begin with a 90-day initial commitment to ensure baseline stability.

Outcomes

How We Measure Success

Average stage duration by pipeline phase

How long jobs sit at each stage

Stall rate by stage

Where jobs get stuck most often

Cycle time

Days from first contact to completed job

Pipeline drop-off by stage

Where revenue is falling through most

Complementary Systems

Pairs Well With

Lead Response Engine

Leads enter the lifecycle the moment they arrive. The Lead Response Engine captures them. The Job Lifecycle Engine tracks them through every stage that follows.

Neighborhood Intelligence Engine

Geographic intelligence layered onto lifecycle data shows not just where every job stands, but where every job is located.

Capacity Forecasting Engine

Pipeline velocity data feeds capacity modeling. If jobs are moving faster through the pipeline, the forecast reflects increasing demand.

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

No. If you have an existing FSM or CRM (ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, Jobber), we integrate with it for two-way data sync. If you don’t have one, the engine can function as your tracking system through structured status updates. Either way, you get pipeline visibility.

The default stages are: Lead, Qualified, Estimate Sent, Estimate Accepted, Scheduled, In Progress, Complete, Review Sent, Review Received. These can be customized during setup to match how your business actually thinks about job progression.

You define time thresholds for each stage during setup. If a job sits at “Estimate Sent” for more than 72 hours (or whatever threshold you set), the system flags it in the daily stall report with a recommended next action. The thresholds are configurable by stage and service type.

It depends on your current setup. If your CRM or FSM has automated status triggers (e.g., Jobber automatically marks a job as “Complete” when the invoice is sent), the system uses those. If status updates are manual, the engine makes the update process as simple as possible.

A concise summary of jobs that haven’t moved, organized by stage. Each stalled job includes how long it’s been stuck, the last action taken, and a recommended next step. No noise. Just the jobs that need attention.

Yes. The Job Lifecycle Engine functions as the backbone. Lead Response, Follow-Up, Estimate Follow-Up, and Review and Reputation engines all feed into and out of the lifecycle stages. When combined, the engines create a single connected system from first contact to post-job review.

With FSM integration: 2 to 4 weeks. Without FSM (as system of record): 1 to 2 weeks with a manual update workflow defined. The longer timeline accounts for mapping your existing data structure and configuring two-way sync.

Ready to see where every job stands in one view?

Start with a diagnostic audit. We will map every gap, quantify what it is costing, and show you exactly which systems close it.